Have you heard that growing genetically modified corn or soybeans is harmful to the environment? Or that eating genetically modified food causes allergies or cancer?
Many food activists and radical environmentalists have spread misinformation about genetic engineering, attributing to it nonexistent risks, injuries and deaths. Some activists have even vandalized the field trials designed to perform exactly the sort of (superfluous) risk assessment that they demand.
Genetic engineering doesn’t harm the environment; quite the contrary, because it reduces the spraying of insecticides and increases yields, conserving water and arable farmland. Not only has genetically modified food not harmed anyone, but it is offering products that appeal directly to consumers, such as flowers with extended shelf life, potatoes that don’t bruise and apples that don’t turn brown when sliced.
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